Vortioxetine in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder: 6-month and 18-month open-label, flexible-dose, long-term extension studies.

Children and adolescents with severe or relapsing major depressive disorder (MDD) may require long-term antidepressant use, but safety and tolerability data on long-term treatment are limited. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in children and another in adolescents, vortioxetine and placebo...

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Published in:European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 1425 - 1435
Main Authors: DelBello, Melissa P., Findling, Robert L., Huss, Michael, Necking, Oscar, Petersen, Maria L., Schmidt, Simon N., Rosen, Monika
Format: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Apr2025
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          DelBello, Melissa P.
          Findling, Robert L.
          Huss, Michael
          Necking, Oscar
          Petersen, Maria L.
          Schmidt, Simon N.
          Rosen, Monika
        affil: https://ror.org/01e3m7079 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 260 Stetson Ave. Suite 3200, 45219, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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          Depression Drug Therapy
          Depression Drug Therapy
          Piperidines Therapeutic Use
          Antidepressive Agents Therapeutic Use
          Drug Efficacy Evaluation
          Patient Safety
          Drug Tolerance Evaluation
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          Depression Symptoms
          Depression Prevention and Control
          Cognition
          Functional Status
          Antidepressive Agents Adverse Effects
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          Headache
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          Child: 6-12 years
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      ab: Children and adolescents with severe or relapsing major depressive disorder (MDD) may require long-term antidepressant use, but safety and tolerability data on long-term treatment are limited. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in children and another in adolescents, vortioxetine and placebo groups showed improvement in MDD symptoms without statistically significant differences between groups. To gain insights on long-term safety and tolerability of vortioxetine in pediatric patients, participants from these two studies were enrolled in two long-term extension studies: 6 months (NCT02871297) followed by another 18 months (NCT03108625). Key safety measures included adverse events (AEs) and Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS); effectiveness measures included depression symptom severity, cognitive function, and overall functioning. Among the 662 patients in the 6-month extension, 61% experienced a treatment-emergent AE (TEAE), with the most common being nausea (20.8%); 2.1% had a serious AE (SAE), and 6% withdrew because of TEAEs. In the following 18-month extension (n = 94), 51% of patients experienced a TEAE, with the most common being headache (13.8%); no SAEs were reported. Based on the C-SSRS, 94% and 96% of patients reported no suicidal ideation or behavior in the 6- and 18-month studies, respectively. During the extension studies, patients continued to show improvement in depressive symptoms and cognitive and overall functioning, with > 50% of patients in remission at the end of each study, regardless of study treatment in the lead-in trial. Overall, vortioxetine remained well tolerated in pediatric patients with MDD who continued in the long-term extension studies with no observed increased risk in suicidal ideation. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02871297, August 18, 2016; ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03108625, April 11, 2017.
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